Recent content by KJHorton

We have a chocolate lab, a 1 year old German Shepard, a boxer German Shepard mix and this little 7 lb chihuahua…. The chihuahua is my biggest concern…. We had the chicks in the bathroom for weeks before it got warm enough for them to stay out and the big dogs never paid them much attention...

I would live to see a picture

I allowed the slightly younger chicks to come out yesterday and mingle with the others The original flock didn’t pay them much attention however the turkeys who used to be bullied by the original flock have turned into bullies themselves….😞 So the mixing was short lived and the younger girls...

Oh yes you are right We have actually had to put up a seperation fence inside our fenced backyard lol The chicks don’t leave the run and are separated from the dogs at all times but this second fence keeps the dogs from being able to reach the enclosure at all!!

I have wanted to do this for years and I’m really loving these babies and have become attached. I’m not sure if this is a good thing lol… we got them as tiny little fluff balls and put them in giant plastic bins and placed the bins inside dog crates with heat of course and put them in our...

In the run

My husband and I are new to chicken raising and he has built me a wonderful beautiful coop for the girls and we are open to suggestions in the hat to put in the bottom of the coop in order to prevent muddy situations during summer downpours. Please and thank you Kerri

What is a good thing to put in the bottom of the coop? To keep it from becoming muddy during summer rains?